Scientific program

The pdf program with abstracts follows in June 2026.

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The scientific program of the 12th International Symposium on Objective Measures in Auditory Implants (OMAI 2026) focuses on the following main topics:

  • Electrocochleography (EcochG)
    • Cochlear microphonics, summating potential, action potential, intraoperative monitoring, residual hearing assessment, objective cochlear function, neural health, correlation with speech outcomes
  • Bone conduction hearing and devices
    • Vibration transmission analysis, bone conduction device testing, hearing prediction and outcomes
  • Active middle ear implants
    • Output verification, transducer function tests, LDV, objective coupling efficiency, middle ear mechanics, intraoperative and postoperative performance monitoring
  • Passive middle ear prosthesis
    • Ossicular chain mobility analysis, LDV, vibromechanical transfer function, middle ear mechanics, intraoperative and postoperative objective evaluation
  • Objective measures and outcomes in CI
    • eCAP, eABR, impedance telemetry, spread of excitation, neural health, correlation with speech outcomes
  • Imaging / OCT / Photon counting CT
    • Objective structural assessment, implant position quantification, electrode-to-modiolus distance, soft tissue differentiation, functional imaging correlations
  • Cortical function
    • CAEPs, ASSR, mismatch negativity (MMN), objective cortical plasticity measures, cognitive load markers, auditory attention monitoring

Confirmed keynote speakers:

  • Douglas Fitzpatrick, PhD - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • Prof. Nathaniel Greene, PhD - Applied Research Associates, Inc., Littleton, CO, USA
  • Prof. Hideko Heidi Nakajima, MD PhD - Harvard Medical School and Mass Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA
  • Prof. Nicolas Verhaert, PhD MD - UZ and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Alessandro Urciuoli, PhD - University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Thomas Zahnert, MD PhD - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany